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Roosevelt’s Wabash Rooftop Garden 2016 Season Underway at the Chicago Campus
The 5th floor Wabash Rooftop Garden at Roosevelt’s Chicago Campus is ready and raring to go! All of the garden’s vegetable and herb seedlings have been transplanted, the bounty of which will be donated to the Wabash Dining Center. The … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, green design, Roosevelt, service
Three Plots Still Available in RU Community Garden at Schaumburg Campus
Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus Community Garden is one of the origin sites for our university’s sustainability movement, and is a thriving hub of gardening innovation and community building. Right now, three 5×5 plots are still available for this year’s growing season. … Continue reading
Posted in activities, agriculture, news, Roosevelt, suburbs
San Diego Vows to Move Entirely to Renewable Energy in 20 Years
Editor’s note: Just days after the historic climate agreement was reached in Paris, the city of San Diego announced its own groundbreaking pledge to reduce its emissions by half and to run on 100 percent renewable energy in the next … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, business, cities, food, green design, news, publications
SUST Alumni Guest Post: Jordan Ewbank (BA ’15) Reflects on Summer Internship in Costa Rica
This alumni guest post is by Jordan Ewbank, a Sustainability Studies alum who graduated with honors in 2015 and was part of the SUST 390 Sustainable Campus Spring 2015 class that did the preliminary research for RU’s first STARS report. … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, alumni, conservation, education, food, internships, Roosevelt, students
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“World’s Largest Rooftop Farm” Opens on Chicago’s South Side
Gotham Greens, a New York-based urban agriculture pioneer, has expanded its territory to bring locally and sustainably grown produce to the Chicagoland area. Operating from the rooftop of an existing manufacturing plant on the city’s south side, this innovative urban … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, business, cities, food, green design, news, publications
SUST Field Trip to Angelic Organics Farm Planned for Sat, Oct. 24th
This semester’s SUST 230 Food online class, taught by Prof. Vicki Gerberich, plans to head out to Angelic Organics Farm in Caledonia IL next Saturday, October 24th, for a tour of a working biodynamic organic farm founded by Farmer John Peterson. Angelic Organics … Continue reading
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Big Workday on June 23 at the RU Chicago Campus Rooftop Garden
The Roosevelt University Chicago Campus Rooftop Garden is having a big workday next Tuesday, June 23rd, from 10am-2pm. The garden is located on the 5th floor of Wabash Building at 425 S. Wabash, and is managed this summer by Rebecca Quesnell, … Continue reading
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